An inventive survey of inventions.(Brain Power: What's the Big Idea?, book)(Brief Article) From: Curriculum Review | Date: February 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 PaperClip Communications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Brain Power: What's the Big Idea? 2,400,000 Years of Inventions takes middle school readers on a whirlwind illustrated tour of some of the most significant breakthroughs in human history. From sharpened stones and fire-making tools to therapeutic cloning and optical scanners, author David Stewart hits humanity's high points in breezy, paragraph-sized text blocks accompanied by color illust...